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Cambridge Analytica Tells Staff It’s Liquidating

Company at the heart of Facebook’s data scandal asks employees to vacate London office

Facebook's current data crisis involving Cambridge Analytica has angered users and prompted government investigations. To understand what's happening now, you have to look back at Facebook's old policies from 2007 to 2014. WSJ's Shelby Holliday explains. Illustration: Laura Kammerman

LONDON—Cambridge Analytica LLC, the firm at the heart of Facebook Inc.’s data scandal, is liquidating assets and has asked workers to vacate its London office, according to employees.

In an hour-long meeting on site, administrators told about 40 employees that the firm was liquidating to pay off creditors after failing to receive any credible buyers, according to one employee attending.